Gong-bell



(ModpL) G. B. OWEN.

GONG BELL. No. 256,727. Patented Apr. 18,1882;

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- ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. OWEN, OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

GONG-BELL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 256,727, dated April 18, 1882.

Application filed February 25, 1682.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE B. OWEN, of Wiusted, in the county of Litchfield and State Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gong-Bells, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front-view ofmyimprovement, shown as applied to a clock-case. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing a modified form of the same.

The object of this invention is to give a louder, clearer, and more musical tone to gongbells than they have when constructed in the ordinary manner. v

The invention consists in a gong-bell constructed with a rod attached to the sounder that carries the gong, and is connected by a bent standard with a supporting-foot; and also in the combination, with the sounder carrying the gong, of a rod whereby the sounder is connected with a sounding-board, and the gong is made to have a louder, clearer, and more musical tone, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the foot or base, which is secured to a clock-case orother support, and has a screw-hole in its center to receive the end of the bent standard 13. The other end of the standardB is screwed into a screw-holein the center of the sounder C, which is made in the form ofa circular plate with an inwardly-projecting flange around its edge. The sounder C has an inwardly-projecting hub in its center, in which the screw-hole is formed to give the said screw-hole such a length as to receive the (hiodeL) end of the standard B in its inner part, andin its outer part the end of the screw D, that fastens the end of the gong E to the center of the said sounder C.

In the flange of the sounder C is formed a screw-hole, into which is screwcd the end of a rod, F. The rod F is bent at right angles, as

shown in Fig. 2, so that its free end can beturued against the back of the clock-case to cause the said back to serve as a soundingboard,tointensify the vibrations of thesounder and give a louder, clearer, and more musical tone to the gong.

In case the back of the clock-case is made in parts, or otherwise so constructed as to break up the vibrations, the rod F can be extended downward to come in contact with the shelf or other support upon which the clock stands, and thus cause the said support to act as a sounding-board.

If desired, the rod F can be connected with the sounding-board and brought in connection with the sounder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A gong-bell constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consistingof the foot A, bent standard B, sounder C, gong E, and rod F, as set forth.

2. In agong-bell, the combination, with the sounder C, carrying the gong, of the rod F, si e/stantially as herein shown and described, whereby the sounder is connected with a sounding-board, and the gong is made to have a louder, clearer, and more musical tone, as set forth.

GEORGE BOWEN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWICK. 

